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subfamily

As nouns the difference between subfamily and scaphiophrynine

is that subfamily is (taxonomy) a taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe while scaphiophrynine is (zoology) any of the microhylid frogs in the subfamily scaphiophryninae.

As nouns the difference between subfamily and gammaherpesvirus

is that subfamily is (taxonomy) a taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe while gammaherpesvirus is any of the subfamily gammaherpesvirinae of herpesviruses that reproduce at a relatively variable rate.

As nouns the difference between subfamily and dobsonfly

is that subfamily is (taxonomy) a taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe while dobsonfly is an insect of the subfamily whose males have long mandibles, found in the americas and related most closely to the fishfly.